Mehrzad Marashi

Mehrzad Marashi
Background information
Born	20 September 1980 (1980-09-20) (age 31)
Origin	Hamburg, West Germany
Genres	Pop & Soul
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2006 – present
Labels	Sony Music Germany
Associated acts	Dieter Bohlen
Website	mehrzad-marashi.tv

Mehrzad Marashi; (born 20 September 1980 in Iran)^[1] is an Iranian-German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 7.^[2]

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

DSDS Performances

Theme (date)	Song	Original Artist	Percentage/Place[3]
The Top 15 — Now or Never (February 13, 2010)	Und wenn ein Lied	Xavier Naidoo	27.3% (1/15)
Top 10 - Mega Hits from today (February 20, 2010)	Broken Strings	James Morrison	14.6% (2/10)
Top 9 — The biggest pop songs(February 27, 2010)	One	U2	9.2% (5/9)
Top 8 — Happy Holiday Hits (March 6, 2010)	Fresh	Kool & the Gang	18.7% (2/8)
Top 7 — 80s (March 13, 2010)	Hello	Lionel Richie	14.0% (2/7)
Top 6 — German vs. English (March 20, 2010)	Flugzeuge im Bauch	Herbert Grönemeyer	21.9% (2/6)
	Beggin'	Madcon
Top 5 — Ballermann vs. Balladen (March 27, 2010)	Boombastic	Shaggy	18.4% (3/5)
	Hard to Say I'm Sorry	Chicago
Top 4 — Old vs. New (April 3, 2010)	Unchained Melody	The Righteous Brothers	24.2% (2/4)
	Crazy	Gnarles Barkley
Top 3 — Boy bands, Music Heros & Number 1 Hits (April 10, 2010)	End of the Road	Boys II Men	37.7% (2/3)
	Runaway	Del Shannon
	Ich kenne Nichts	Xavier Naidoo feat RZA
Top 2 — Finale — Singer's choice, Highlight Song, Winner's Single (April 17, 2010)	Endless Love	Lionel Richie	56.4% (1/2)
	Fresh	Kool & the Gang
	Don't Believe	Mehrzad Marashi

Discography

Albums

Year	Information	Chart positions				IFPI certifications
		GER	AUT	SWI	EUR
2010	New Life Debut studio album Released: June 11, 2010	3	5	12	7	GER: - AUT: - SWI: -
GER	AUT	SWI	EUR
2011	Change Up Second studio album Released: June 24, 2011					GER: - AUT: - SWI: -

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions							Album
		GER	AUT	SWI	LIT	LUX	NL	EUR
2010	Don't Believe	1	1	2	4	6	64	2	New Life
	Sweat (feat. Mark Medlock)	2	16	22	33	24	-	16
	Bring Me Down	Promo
2011	Beautiful World	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	Change Up

References

1. ^ "Mehrzad Merashi DSDS Top 10 Biografie". RTL.de. 18 April 2010. http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/superstar/dsds-top10-kandidaten/dsds-mehrzad-marashi.html. Retrieved 18 April 2010.  (German)
2. ^ "Deutschland sucht den Superstar". RTL.de. http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/superstar.html. Retrieved 18 April 2010.  (German)
3. ^ "Voting-Ergebnisse DSDS". RTL.de. http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/superstar/news/dsds-voting-ergebnisse.html?startid=280687&set_id=40880. Retrieved 1 May 2010.  (German)

External links

• Mehrzad Marashi at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Daniel Schuhmacher

Deutschland sucht den Superstar Winner Season 7 (2010)

Succeeded by Pietro Lombardi

Persondata
Name	Marashi, Mehrzad
Alternative names
Short description	German singer
Date of birth	20 September 1980
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death